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Pillar rug
Chinese
Qing dynasty
19th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Wool pile on cotton plain-weave ground
Dimensions
121.92 x 233.68 cm (48 x 92 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.1114
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRectangular wool rug with rose ground and design in yellow, blue and white of a lamaist priest holding prayer beads in his right hand and blowing into a conch shell; figure is surrounded by auspicious Buddhist symbols; below is stylized mountain and wave pattern; white fringe on each end.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA in 1917